Host jurisdiction · Southeast Asia
Malaysia
Foreign university branch campuses are a recognised category of private higher education institution; establishment is approved under Act 555 and programmes are accredited by MQA.
- Entry route
- Establishment approval and registration under the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996, with MQA accreditation and listing on the Malaysian Qualifications Register
- records
- 11 · 11 awarding institutions
- Official register
- Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)
Regulators
Regulators
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Malaysian Qualifications Agency MQA
Statutory quality assurance body; maintains the Malaysian Qualifications Register and implements the Malaysian Qualifications Framework
https://www.mqa.gov.my/ -
Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education JPT / MOHE
Registers and approves private higher educational institutions, including foreign university branch campuses
https://jpt.mohe.gov.my/
Instruments
Instruments
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Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996
Act 555
https://mohe.gov.my/en/institutions/phei -
Malaysian Qualifications Agency Act 2007
Act 679
https://www2.mqa.gov.my/qad/akta/Act%20%20MQA%20679%20english.pdf
Branch campus
Branch campus
A recognised regime exists
Foreign university branch campus — a recognised category of private higher educational institution under Act 555
The official government education portal lists foreign university branch campuses among the categories of private higher education institutions; curriculum comes from the parent university.
Arrangements on the register
Arrangements on the register
Home systems delivering here
- United Kingdom5
- Australia4
- India1
- Mainland China1
Most active awarding institutions
- Curtin University1
- Heriot-Watt University1
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education1
- Monash University1
- Newcastle University1
- Swinburne University of Technology1
- University of Nottingham1
- University of Reading1
Levels
- Other / not classified11
Who is already delivering
Most active awarding institutions
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University of Nottingham Malaysia (UNM)
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
Monash University Malaysia
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
Curtin University, Malaysia
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
University of Wollongong Malaysia
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
Xiamen University Malaysia
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR) -
University of Southampton Malaysia (UoSM)
Malaysian Qualifications Register (MQR)
Five questions, then a route map
No regulator here publishes approval timelines, fees or success rates, so none appear above. Getting to a defensible estimate means reading your specific case against the current instrument — which is where a person, not a page, is useful.
Checked against official sources on 2026-07-28